Speaker

Rachel Deitch

Rachel Deitch is the Policy and Political Director at the American Humanist Association and the Center for Freethought Equality. She leads the organization's policy development and advocacy efforts at the federal and state levels to advance secular and progressive values. 

Rachel is pleased to return to the AHA and CFE, having previously served as the organizations' Director of Policy and Social Justice. In this role, she led the 501(c)(3) and 501(c)(4) policy portfolio—including successfully securing the passage of bipartisan legislation and testifying in Congress—and led the cross-departmental social justice work.  

Most recently, Rachel worked at the National Coalition of STD Directors as their Director of Federal Policy, where she founded and co-chaired a coalition of 65 national public health, sexual health, and LGBTQ organizations during the mpox public health emergency, with White House participation.

Her work has been featured in Politico, CNN, and Bloomberg.

Rachel holds a Master of Theological Studies in Religion, Politics, and Ethics from Harvard Divinity School and a BA in Religious Studies from Occidental College (go tigers!).

Rachel is a proud DC resident, and serves on the Board of the Planned Parenthood of Metropolitan Washington, D.C.